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Toni “toniwo” Womack is a mother, author and spoken word performer who began
sharing her love for writing and expressive thought a few years ago. With a mix of
modesty and flamboyance, as well as utilizing colorful, thought-provoking rhymes,
toniwo enables to convey her thoughts and feelings to her audience. As she
continued to grow as a performance poet, she found that much of what she was
saying was beginning to help some people come to some realization about
themselves and their relationships with other people.
Through her poetry, toniwo made people look at their situations and laugh at them
no matter how bad. However, that wasn’t enough.
THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR RUNNING WITH SCISSORS came from toniwo’s inability
to contain her observations to a few verses. What went from poetic verse turned
into short stories that she was willing to share with her friends and now…with the
world.
Some of her creative work has been featured in Black & Single Magazine, Houston
Style Magazine, Minority Business Journal, Honey Magazine, RadioOne's 97.9 The
Box, and coming soon a poem to be featured in Essence Magazine as well and
several national anthologies. & Most recently a guest on the nationally syndicated
Tyra Banks show for the season 4 Premiere!
She has completed her first novel, DISCORDIA, which follows the insanity of an
African American female serial killer due out in March 2009. toniwo is also the co-
founder of Blacklight Productions, a company that focuses on synthesizing cutting
edge music production with consistently imaginative performance poetry. She is
also a member of Ladies of Literary Means, an organization that empowers self
published authors through sisterhood.
sharing her love for writing and expressive thought a few years ago. With a mix of
modesty and flamboyance, as well as utilizing colorful, thought-provoking rhymes,
toniwo enables to convey her thoughts and feelings to her audience. As she
continued to grow as a performance poet, she found that much of what she was
saying was beginning to help some people come to some realization about
themselves and their relationships with other people.
Through her poetry, toniwo made people look at their situations and laugh at them
no matter how bad. However, that wasn’t enough.
THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR RUNNING WITH SCISSORS came from toniwo’s inability
to contain her observations to a few verses. What went from poetic verse turned
into short stories that she was willing to share with her friends and now…with the
world.
Some of her creative work has been featured in Black & Single Magazine, Houston
Style Magazine, Minority Business Journal, Honey Magazine, RadioOne's 97.9 The
Box, and coming soon a poem to be featured in Essence Magazine as well and
several national anthologies. & Most recently a guest on the nationally syndicated
Tyra Banks show for the season 4 Premiere!
She has completed her first novel, DISCORDIA, which follows the insanity of an
African American female serial killer due out in March 2009. toniwo is also the co-
founder of Blacklight Productions, a company that focuses on synthesizing cutting
edge music production with consistently imaginative performance poetry. She is
also a member of Ladies of Literary Means, an organization that empowers self
published authors through sisterhood.
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